The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-07
ON 'CHAN6E.

WHEAT is quiet and corn dull at
Liverpool.
AT New York yesterday petroleum
was sctive. Mining shares were dull.
THE New York Cotton i schange
will be closed on Good Friday, April
8th.
YESTERDAY spot cotton at New Or
leans was of 1.16c; middling, 10 l-l6c.
New York spots were off 1.l6c.
THE Liverpool Cotton Exchange
will close today at | pm, and will re-
main closed until Tuesday next.
ST. LOUIS cash corn eff fc, May I'M
ct angsd. Cash wheat up ic, May
wheat up &c. Oats off 4c, May oats
off tc.
RECEIPTS yesterday, 522 bales ship
ments, 1913 bales. Stock on hand, 49,
1856 bales. Total receipts TO date, 645,-
$40 balls; total shipments to date,
603,972 bales.
SALES at the Merchants Exchange
stock board yesterday: go shares Of
Mercantile BlDk at 140, 80 shares
Pioneer Cotton Mill at 80, and 8
shprss Of Masonic Temple stock at 70.
BALTIMORE gran market yesterday !:
Receipts-Four, Is, POI barrels; wheat,
rs, 100 bushels; corn, Al 800 bushels /;
oats, 7400 bushels. Shipments-Flour,
22l6 barrels; wheat, $1,000 bushels;
torn, $500 bushels.
CHICAGO cash snd May pork nomi-
nal, which means existing in name
only, cash and May lard off 24c, cash
and May clear ribs up 24c, cash corn
up &c, cash wheat up fc, May wheat
up lie, June wheat up &C., cash and
May oats up B..
New York -four receipts, 19,465
barrels; exports, 577l barrels and 8478
sacks; sales, 1880 barrels. Wheat
receipts, 40,150 bushels; exports,
81, 794 bushels; sales, 6,592,000 bash
els OF futures and $4,000 bushels Of
spots. Corn receipts, AZ $50 bushels /;
exports, 49,l67 bushels; sales, 429,-
600 bushels OF futures and 10000
bushels of spots.
AT London there was thin attend.
ance yesterday at the last sale of wool
prior to the Easter races. The tone of
The market at the opening was tame
and prices were slightly irregular.
French buyers, however, operated
freely and competition was maintained
for greasy combing, which occasionally
advanced I'D. Other kinds closed at
full prices. This next sale takes place
on April 18th.
THERE have been four different sur
veys made in the last two years through
North Arkansas. The White river ex-
tension of the Missouri Pacific from
Memphis to Carthage, Mo-; the St.
Louis and San Francisco extension
from Chadwick to Little Rock; the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
extension from Memphis to Gi d,
Kas., and the Great Eastern extension
from Fayetteville to Little Rock. An
engineering corps is now at work on
the Chadwick branch, which will in
all probability be pushed to compile
ton.
Visitors on Change yesterday: B.
B. Fitzpatrick and ]. A, Nesbit, New
Albany. Miss. J. ]. and G. Fl. Viii
liams, jackson, Tenn; ]. M. Hoyle
G. D. Clarke, Mrs Morris and Felix
Arnold, Tupelo, Miss. R s. Thomas,
Richm I'D, Miss; B. Loughridge
Birmingham, Ala; ]. F. Smith, Ma
ron, Ark. b. F. McWhirter, Fairfield
Miss. John Thompson, Arkansas
Mrs. A. Stewart, New Orleans; 0. b
Fly, Cofieeville, Miss. W. S. Sheffield
Moonesville, Miss; W. B. Sherin
Middleton. Tenn. l., @, BalCh, Little
Rock: James Burke and W. A. Pol
lock, Greenville, Miss; D. A. Num-
IT,, Chestnut Bluff, Tenn.
TIE Manchester Guardian, in iti
commercial article, says: There is 6
small and we'll distributed business II
9 me cloth departments, but chiefly
for home aud minor foreign outlets
The demand for India is almost ex
tinct. Merchants have very few or
ders, and those are mostly at limit
hopelessly unavoidable. The whole
Eastern trade is light, and there is nc
prospect for q full scale Of business
Tor some time. The Eastern slack
ness does not affect prices materially
many unexpected orders being il
in hand. The export yarns business
is poor. The demand for the CONT
nent Is quescent. Offers OF home
manufacturers are much below current
rates. It is evident that the late
stages Of the upward movement O
quotations are largely nominal. Olott
is fairly steady, owing mainly to cur
rent forward contracts, which, how
ever. are lessenipg, and occasionally
shirtings and other plain goods can bE
purchased cheaper. China aples arr
steady with little pressure to sell
Higher reeds, plain and fancy print
ing and other finishing cloths are very
firm. The production is well engaged
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